PSYC 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Peer Victimization, Nocturnal Enuresis, Suicidal Ideation
23 Dec 2015
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Prospective association between victimization and anxiety and depression symptoms, and appears to be a stronger effect for girls. Controlling for baseline symptoms, being bullied associated with. 2. 5x chance of increased depression/anxiety symptoms a year later. Longitudinal evidence suggests this is primarily due to victim status, rather than the symptoms being the cause of victim status (shows causation) Cross-sectionally, there are increased physical health symptoms in children. Being bullied correlates negatively with individual"s self- appraisal of the number of friends, popularity, happiness at school and feelings of safety at school. When victims of bullying in grades 6-9 are followed through childhood to adulthood, they show lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of depression in their early twenties despite the fact that they"re no longer bullied. Being bullied is one of the stressors most strongly associated with suicide attempts. One study showed that 22% of adolescents assessed after an attempt at deliberate self-harm indicated elevated levels of peer victimization.
